Display-cabinet.



No. 841,349. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

J. T. STINSON & W. F. HALL.

DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25,1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. STINSON AND WILLIAM FREDERICK HALL, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI,ASSIGNORS TO THE PLANTERS- SEED COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, ACORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

DISPLAY-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907. I

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J OHN T. SrINsoN and WILLIAM FREDERICK HALL, bothcitizens of the United States, residing at Springfield, Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Display-Cabinets, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of acabinet embodying the features of our invention. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view of same, showing the display-panel in operative position;and Fig. 3 1s an end viewof a portion of the cabinet, showing thedisplay-panel in an inoperative position.

This invention relates to devices for displaying merchandise for sale,and particularly to cabinets for containing granu in substancessuch, forexample, as grains, seeds, beans, spices, coffee, &c.

The main object of our invention is to provide a cabinet which can beconstructed at a small cost and be used by a wholesaler for shippinggranular merchandise to a retailer who can use the cabinet fordisplaying the merchandise.

The cabinet is so constructed that the merchandise contained therein canbe readily seen by a prospective purchaser standing on one side of thestore-counter on which the cabinet is placed without enabling thecustomer to handle said merchandise, the cabinet being provided at itsfront side with compartments in which the merchandise is stored and atits rear side with deliveringcompartments from which the merchandise canbe removed by the clerk standing on the opposite side of the counter.

One novel feature of the cabinet consists in a combined lid anddisplay-panel, which can be adjusted into one position when the cabinetis being used by the retailer so as to expose to view the name of thewholesaler or manufacturer of the merchandise contained in the cabinetand which can be adjusted into a different position when the cabinet isbeing transported to move the display-panel into an inoperative positionfor protecting the advertising or'indicating labels pasted on the frontof the cabinet and also reduce the dimensions of the cabinet.

Other desirable features of.the cabinet will be hereinafter pointed out.

Referring to the drawin s, which represent the preferred form of ourinvention, 1 designates a cabinet that is divided into a plurality ofstorage-compartments 2, formed by partitions 3, located on the inside ofthe cabinet. Extending rearwardly from each storage-compartment is adelivering-compartment 4, which is separated from the storagecompartmentby an adjustable slide 5. This slide is provided with a finger-piececonsisting of a staple 6, which is driven into the slide and is held inadjusted position by a winged screw 7, which projects through anelongated slot 8 in the rear wall 9 of the cabinet, a

washer 10 being mounted on the shank of the screw between the wingedhead and the rear wall of the cabinet.

The delivering-compartments at the back of the cabinet are covered by alid 1 1, and the front wall of the cabinet is provided with a plate ofglass 12, which enables the contents of the cabinet to be seen by thepurchaser standing on the front side of the counter. The flow or passageof the merchandise from the storage-compartments to thedeliveringcompartments can be varied or entirely out off, as desired,and as the delivering-compartments are located at the rear of thecabinet it is impossible for a purchaser to handle the merchandisetherein or surreptitiously remove any of the same.

At the top of the cabinet is a combined lid and display-panel,consisting of the members 13 and 14, which are arranged at right anglesto each other and rigidly connected together, the vertically disposedmember 14 being adapted to receive the name or trade-mark of thewholesaler or manufacturer of the merchandise contained in the cabinet.Links 15 pivotally connect the combined lid and display-panel to the endwalls 16 of the cabinet, and said combined lid and display-panel islocked in position by means of hooks 17, which engage projections 18, asshown in the drawings.

The combined lid and display-panel can be adjusted into the positionshown in Figs. 1

and 2 when the cabinet is set upina store so as to expose to view thename of the wholesaler or producer of the merchandise.

WVhen the cabinet is in storage or being transported from the wholesalerto the retailer, the combined lid and display-panelis adjusted into theposition shown in Fig. 4 to cause the display-panel to project downWardly outside of the front wall of the cabinet and protect the labelspasted on'the front wall of the cabinet as well as reducing the di=mensions of the cabinet.

Having thus described our invention, what.

we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. A cabinet divided into a. number of compartments and provided with a?com-- bined lid and display-panel consisting oftwo members rigidlyconnected together and ar ranged approximately at right angles to eachother, and links pivotally connecting said combined lid anddisplay-panelto the end walls of the cabinet; substantially asdescribed.

2. A cabinet divided into a number of compartments and provided with acombined lid and display-panel consisting oftwo members rigidlyconnected together andarrangedapproximately at right angles to eachother,

provided with rearwardlyextending portions, frontand rearwal1s,partitions conforming in shape to said end walls and dividing thecabinetinto a plurality'of compartments,a slide for each compartmentprovided with a winged screw which extends through an elongated slot inthe rear wall'of' the cabinet, a washer arranged between the wings ofsaid screw andthe rear wall of the cabinet, a combined lid anddisplay-panel consisting of two members rigidly connected together andarranged at approximately right angles to each other, and means forpivotally connecting said combined lid and display-panel to the endwalls of theoabinetwherebyit can be so adjusted that the display ismoved into or out oi an operative position; substantially as described.v

LA cabinet divided into a number of compartments and provided with acombined lid and display-p anel' consisting of two members connectedtogether and arranged approximately at right angles toeach other,

and links pivotally connecting said lid and display-panel to theendiwalls of the cabinet whereby said lid and panel can besoarrangedlthat the display-panel extends down- Wardly'over the front wallof the cabinet substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof we hereunto. affix our signatures, 1 in thepresenceof two witnesses, this-=22d day of October, 1906.

JOHN T. STINSON. 7 WILLIAM FREDERICK HALLV Witnesses:

J. L. Hum, O. A. FERGUSON.

